Arsenal in for £15m Felipe Melo

Arsenal is set to make a £15m bid for Fiorentina's combative Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo, the Daily Mail reports. Emirates boss Arsene Wenger has been tracking the 25-year-old for three years, since he played for Almeria in Spain's La Liga. Inter Milan are also interested in the player, but the fiery Melo, who picked up 17 yellow cards and three reds in his first season in Serie A, would prefer to ply his trade in the Premier League...

Manchester United may not be interested in him any longer, but Chelsea yesterday made an opening bid of £40m for Bayern Munich's winger Franck Ribery. The German club have told the Londoners to return with a higher offer for the French international, whom they have slapped a £60m price tag on. There are reports that Bayern might seek a cash-plus-player deal, with well-regarded Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa going to Munich in addition to a considerable cash sum...

Manchester City have entered into talks yet again with Blackburn Rovers over the Ewood Park club's Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz. City boss Mark Hughes, who used to manage Santa Cruz at Rovers, is hopeful of signing the 27-year-old for £15m, although Blackburn are adamant that they will only offload the wantaway striker for £17m or more - Santa Cruz's contract has a release clause of £20m...

West Ham has pulled off a remarkable coup, securing the services on load of Inter Milan duo Mancini and Luis Jimenez. The pair, who have a combined transfer value of £25m, will come to Upton Park on season-long deals. Brazilian Mancini, 28, will replace Lucas Neill if the Australian right back leaves the club this summer, while the 25-year-old Chilean international Jimenez plays on the wing. West Ham will have first refusal on making the loan deals permanent at the end of the month, according to the Sun... ·